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FIGURE 6-24 Runway protection zone.

the takeoff run available and the portion of the runway between the
takeoff run available and the end of the runway is declared unavail-
able and unsuitable for the takeoff run. The dimensions of the depar-
ture runway protection zone are

1. For runways serving only small aircraft in aircraft approach
categories A and B, the length is 1000 ft, the inner width is 250 ft
and the outer width is 450 ft.
2. For runways serving large aircraft in aircraft approach cate-
gories A and B, the length is 1000 ft, the inner width is 500 ft
and the outer width is 700 ft.
3. For runways serving aircraft in aircraft approach categories
C, D, or E, the length is 1700 ft, the inner width is 500 ft and
the outer width is 1010 ft.

FAR Part 77
Part 77 of the Federal Aviation Regulations establishes standards for
determining what would be considered obstructions to navigable air-
space, sets forth the requirements for notice to the FAA due to certain
proposed construction or alteration activities, and provides for aero-
nautical studies of obstructions to air navigation to determine the effect
of these obstructions on the safe and efficient use of airspace [8, 9]. The
airport operator has the responsibility to ensure that the aerial
approaches to the airport will be adequately cleared and protected
and that the land adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the airport